The CBC is a leader and should be a leader and will be a leader because it has the shelf space available. As producers, there's no point in our making a television show unless people are going to get to see it, and if we look at where the shelf space is in the country, the prime time shelf space sits on the CBC. While the private channels, CTV and Global, are important—and we encourage them to do as much Canadian programming as possible, and both networks are committed to doing so—they still have a mandate to shareholders that requires a heavy reliance on simulcasting and a prime time schedule that's not Canadian. So the CBC is critically important in terms of getting the message out, but also of providing the place for the shows to be purchased to put on, in that its prime time is nearly entirely Canadian.
On May 24th, 2007. See this statement in context.